Step by Step
Back when Kris and I attended Quattro University, co-founder and entrepreneur Cheri Tree once said there is no such thing as a self-made millionaire. The true is same for writers. It starts with all those English teachers you had in …
Tag: GLAWS
Coming Soon to a Virtual of Festival of Books Near You.
As you may have heard, the L.A. Times Festival of Book will be virtual this year. https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/ Beginning October 18th, it will go on for four weeks. The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society has had a booth there for years. …
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What a Week I’m Having
Its been a busy week, but a great week. The West Coast Writers Conference was not only the weekend of Friday, August 7th through Sunday, August 9th, but went through the entire following week and ended Saturday, August 15th. That’s …
My Fifteen Minutes of Fame
I spent this weekend at the West Coast Writers Conference – virtually. It was a new experience for all of us. There were a few technical glitches, but it all went pretty well. There was a lot to learn. I’m …
Prepping for my Premier
I have been to over a dozen writers conferences, volunteering at most of them. I have done everything from stuffing swag bags to assisting in sound. This Friday, August 7th, is the start of the 26th Greater Los Angeles Writers …
3,444 more words.
Last week I wrote that my goal would be to write 3,000 words a week until my novel was done. I actually wrote 3,444 words. Not bad consider we were dealing with a roach problem at the time. Who wants …
Getting Ready for Anything
If you go to this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/520330468630105/ you will see our ad for the next Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference. You will see what we’re planning, our educational tracts for Aspiring, Active and Accomplished writers, our ProCritiques™ and our …
Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Yes, that is a handwritten version of a script. Actually, it’s the first version of a Christmas story I have been working on for a number of years. It’s taken a back seat to my Steampunk trilogy I’m currently working …
Critique This
I didn’t get any writing done this week. Not that I was lazy, I had to critique three stories for my critique group that met yesterday. Usually I try to write during the week and do my critiques on the …
GLAWS Rewrites Itself
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society is an active group. We have critique groups that meet once or twice a month, depending on the group, we have monthly Special Speaker Events that are open to the public and we, along …